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Vyacheslav Anatoliiovych Kyrylenko () is a Ukrainian politician; former Minister of Labor and Social Policy,
Vice Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, ...
, former party leader of Our Ukraine and former leader of the party For Ukraine!.Curriculum vitae Dr. Vyacheslav Kyrylenko
,
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Ъ:Рух Кириленка стане партією
, Novynar (November 10, 2009)
Політична партія "За Україну!"
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Since September 2014 he is one of the leaders of the party People's Front.Yatseniuk elected head of political council of People's Front Party
, Demotix (9 September 2014)


Biography

During his studies at the
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv The Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (; also known as Kyiv University, Shevchenko University, or KNU) is a public university in Kyiv, Ukraine. The university is the third-oldest university in Ukraine after the University of Lviv and ...
Kyrylenko was one of the initiators of a political student strike at the October Revolution Square in
Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
, the so-called Revolution on Granite which was held from October 12 to 17, 1990, which eventually led to the resignation the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Ukraine Vitaly Masol. In the years 1992 and 1993 Kyrylenko was head of the Ukrainian Student Union and became a member of the
People's Movement of Ukraine The People's Movement of Ukraine () is a Ukraine, Ukrainian political party and one of the first Opposition (politics), opposition parties in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Ukraine.The first officially registered opposition politica ...
. He soon became the head of the youth wing of this party and stayed that until 2002 while meanwhile becoming a Doctor of Philosophy at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (in 1993 he graduated from the
Faculty of Philosophy A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In North America, academic divisions are sometimes titled colleges, sc ...
and he received a PhD in Philosophy in 1997Кириленко, Вячеслав
Lenta.Ru
). In 2002 Kyrylenko became the Deputy Head of the Ukrainian People's Party. During the
1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 29 March 1998.Dieter Nohlen, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1976 The Communist Party of Ukraine remained the largest party in the Verkhovna Rada, winning ...
Kyrylenko was elected into the
Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...
(Ukraine's parliament); he has been re-elected into the
Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...
since. In 2005 Kyrylenko became the Minister of Labor and Social Policy in the first Tymoshenko Government and a
Vice Prime Minister A deputy prime minister or vice prime minister is, in some countries, a government minister who can take the position of acting prime minister when the prime minister is temporarily absent. The position is often likened to that of a vice president, ...
later that year in the Yekhanurov Government until the
2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 26 March 2006. Election campaigning officially began on 7 July 2005. Between November 26 and 31 December 2005, party lists of candidates were formed. The election to the Ukrainian parliament, Verkh ...
. In December 2006 Kyrylenko was elected as Head of the Parliamentary Faction "Our Ukraine" and on March 31, 2007 was elected the head of the
People's Union Our Ukraine The Our Ukraine (), formerly known as People's Union "Our Ukraine" (), is a centre-right political party of Ukraine formed in 2005.
. During the
2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election Early parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 30 September 2007. The election date was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Uk ...
was Kyrylenko the top candidate of
Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc The Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc (, Russian language, Russian: Блок Наша Украина – Народная Самооборона, ''Blok Nasha Ukraina – Narodnaya Samooborona,'' NUNS; until 2007 named Our Ukraine Bloc) w ...
on its
party list An electoral list is a grouping of candidates for election, usually found in proportional or mixed electoral systems, but also in some plurality electoral systems. An electoral list can be registered by a political party (a party list) or can c ...
. The alliance lost 9 seats but its
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of total votes slightly improved.Політична партія «Наша Україна»
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In 2008 Kyrylenko was replaced as head of Our Ukraine party of its
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Viktor Yushchenko Viktor Andriiovych Yushchenko (, ; born 23 February 1954) is a Ukrainian politician who was the third president of Ukraine from 23 January 2005 to 25 February 2010. He aimed to orient Ukraine towards Western world, the West, European Union, and N ...
.Вячеслав Кириленко
Liga.net
In December Kyrylenko resigned from the post as head of Our Ukraine–People's Self-Defense Bloc in protest against the reformation of the coalition that supported the second Tymoshenko Government with Bloc of Lytvyn. According to Kyrylenko the restructure posed "a serious threat to the
economy An economy is an area of the Production (economics), production, Distribution (economics), distribution and trade, as well as Consumption (economics), consumption of Goods (economics), goods and Service (economics), services. In general, it is ...
and social sphere". On December 23, 2008 Kyrylenko formed the parliamentarian deputy group '' For Ukraine!'' in the Verkhovna Rada. In November 2009 Kyrylenko started to cooperate with the Party of Social Protection In order to participate in the
2010 Ukrainian local elections The 2010 Ukrainian local elections took place on 31 October 2010,
. In November 2009 the Party of Social Protection changed its name to For Ukraine! and Kyrylenko was elected party leader of it."За Україну!" візьме участь у місцевих виборах 31 жовтня
, NEWSru Ukraine (July 16, 2010)
In November 2009 Kyrylenko was awarded the
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise The Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise () is a Ukrainian award. It is awarded for distinguished services to the state and people of the Ukrainian nation in the field of state building, strengthening the international prestige of Ukraine, develop ...
V degree. In December 2011 Kyrylenko signed an agreement with the head of the party Front for Change
Arseniy Yatsenyuk Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk (born 22 May 1974) is a Ukrainian politician, economist and lawyer who served two terms as Prime Minister of Ukraine – from 27 February 2014 to 27 November 2014 and from 27 November 2014 to 14 April 2016. He was t ...
on joint opposition activity and merger of their parties after the election. Kyrylenko was placed at number 4 on the electoral list of Batkivshchina during the
2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 28 October 2012.Parli ...
. He was elected into parliament.Список депутатів нової Верховної Ради
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(November 11, 2012)
Kyrylenko was instrumental in the attempt to repeal the national 2012 Law " On the principles of the state language policy". On 23 February 2014, the second day after the flight of Viktor Yanukovich, while in a parliamentary session Kyrylenko moved to include in the agenda a draft that would repeal the 2012 Law "On the principles of the state language policy". The motion was carried with 232 deputies voting in favour, the draft was included into the agenda, immediately put to a vote and approved with the same 232 voting in favour. Repeal of the 2012 Law "On the principles of the state language policy" was met with great disdain in
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and Southern and
Eastern Ukraine Eastern Ukraine or East Ukraine (; ) is primarily the territory of Ukraine east of the Dnipro (or Dnieper) river, particularly Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts (provinces). Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts are often also regarded as ...
provoking waves of anti-government protests, ultimately culminating with the Crimean crisis. The acting President Oleksandr Turchinov announced on February 28, 2014 that he won't be signing the law into action, but this reaction came too late to curb the unfolding crisis. In September 2014 Kyrylenko became a founding member of his new party People's Front. Since December 2, 2014 - Vice-Prime Minister, Minister of Culture of Ukraine. April 14, 2016 - Vice-Prime Minister of Ukraine.


Family

Kyrylenko is married to Kateryna Mykhailivna who is a philosophy lecturer at the Kyiv National University of Culture and the Arts. They have a son and a daughter.


Earnings

According to an electronic declaration in 2019, Vyacheslav Kyrylenko received a salary of ₴405,974 (US$ 15,036) as Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine. On bank accounts ( JSC "Oschadbank"), Vyacheslav Kyrylenko had ₴15,362 (US$596). He also declared US$ 1,200 in cash. Additionally, Vyacheslav Kyrylenko had apartment (total area of 154,80 m2) and apartment (total area of 53,20 m2) in joint ownership (33%). Vyacheslav Kyrylenko also declared a 2013 Skoda Superb car.


References


External links


Official personal website
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